Examples of smiley in a Sentence
Adjective
She's a very smiley kid.
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Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
Her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, shared a smiley photo of himself leaning against a signpost in New York City on his Instagram Stories that night, a photo taken by Lively.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 12 June 2025
Longreads, 1 July 2025
Repurpose a small jar or two, paint the inside white, and draw some smileys on the outside.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2025
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Adjective
Khan covers the smiley star logo with a photograph of Coral Reef restaurant — a local Polynesian favorite that, until its closure 1994, resided where the fast food stop now stands.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
Her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, shared a smiley photo of himself leaning against a signpost in New York City on his Instagram Stories that night, a photo taken by Lively.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
In China, for instance, the lack of expression around the eyes of many common smileys, such as 🙂, gives them a dismissive or mocking air, whereas the more expressive eyes of 😁 and 😄 are less ambiguous.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
Repurpose a small jar or two, paint the inside white, and draw some smileys on the outside.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2025
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“Smiley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smiley. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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